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Looking back: Case’s Renaissance man 

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Lifting as he soared

As a warrior, educator, and engineer, Leonard Uitenham tended
to boost everyone around him. It all began at Case.

The ghost hunter of physics

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‘Welcome Aboard’

A wave of new faculty will
strengthen key areas of CWRU and the Case School of Engineering

Adventures in Tech

An internet pioneer reflects on Case, cyber crime, and partnering with a shark